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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$61,753 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,904 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 423 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,300 and $16,625 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in systems engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in systems engineering.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

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Otterbein University
Westerville, Ohio

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Otterbein University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Westerville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s systems engineering students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at Otterbein University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 72 degrees to qualified bachelors’s systems engineering students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UIUC Systems Engineering Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

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DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s systems engineering degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full DePaul Systems Engineering Report

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Taylor University
Upland, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Taylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region. Upland, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s systems engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Systems Engineering at Taylor U

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